Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-05-21

y pcIJ WHlle IauDrell was III my SC0l
saw ], Torrance, g. Williams and Wi
! son, policemen, l'assing, etc. and r,
+ marked to Gambrell that I did not liR
. the appearance of things, and advise
: him not to 90 the depot but to 9
! home, he said he would do so. III
only demonstration saw wa. the paI
sing andre-passing of the parties, an
Hamilton was sitting at Lawrenc
House.
Col. Hamilton and Others have bee
IN habit of going to Lawrence Hous
for some time; but thought they visiteC
there 0ftener since the article in tn
Sword and Shield. Saw none, of tn,
parties at the depot the night of tn,
homicide, left store before train cam,
! in, Thinks it about 300 yards from
his store to the bridge. John p. Fare
came into his store soon after Gam
brell left, on the day he advised hin
not to go to the depot; knew Gambrell
and Hamilton were on opposite sides
during the prohibition campaign; AL
brecht and Figures were on the anti
side. witness knew that Albrecht was
served with notice to close, and that
Gambrell was at that law-and-order
league meeting; there was much bitter
feeling on account of prohibition. Fig
ures is known as q gambler and inti-
mate or interested with Albrecht; wit
ness saw the signs on the iron bridge
where the tragedy occurred; saw the
indentaGions on the bridge, twOto four,
saw the sign of three pistol shots on the
bridge, also one on post north Of bridge;
saw the sign made by the pounding,
was at the pool of blood; saw some
thing like the marks Of a persons
bloody hand on the flooring of the South
side of approach, as though climbing up
on the bridge says the natural route of
q person going to Mr. Gambrell's
residence would be on the north side OF
Capitol street; knows of no more
lonely spot on the street than the
bridge.
Cross Ex,-Noticed the blood sign on
side of the south side approach, on sill,
the second day of the killing, Had his
attention called to it by Mr. Martin,
father OF the editor of the New Missis.
sippian,
Re direct-Told Judge Brame that he
had seen Hamilton, Carraway, Figures.
and Albrecht, making demonstrations
that caused him TO advise Mr. Gambrell
not to go to the depot same week be-
fore the killing.
Miss Lucy Cabaniss-I live on the
north side of Capital Street next to the
bridg7, on the east side. suppose
that from the east end of the north east
approach my front gate is about 80 feet.
When the firing occurred, | was sitting
IN my room which is in the west wing
OF the house nearer the bridge than the
gate. | was sitting near the window.
| heard firing and between the first and |
second firing heard cry of murder. |
| ran to my brothers room and asked |
him what it was and he said he supposed
it was the Capital L,ght Guards firing.
| then ran to the fence as soon as the |
firing ceased, and saw a han run of the
east end of the bridge up the street,
and he got on the sidewalk at Mrs.
s, just east of my house.
asked him what was the matter, but he
Kept on and did not answer me at all.
He was dressed in a dark suit of
clothes.
| did not see or hear any carriage. Ifl
my carriage had passed the bridge i'm
after the firing began |
would have heard and seen it. They
make great deal of fuss.
Cross Examination.--Q Did Aunt {
lose come into your room Immediately
fter the firing began? Yes sir. OIf
Y hat were you doing? A was sew
ng. q Was your attention directed a
to the firing at that time /? !
Yes sir.
J. III. Lewis-I am travelling from !
eoria, ILL.,, with headquarters at New
'rleans. | am Mississippian, raised
kosciusko. On the night Roderick L
fambrell was killed, | was about two d
feet east of the bridge on the !
Orth side of the street. I heard =
robably dozen shots. I heard tie
Kpression, 20, don't do thatiand firing.
don't know whether heard a shot .
rst or not. | saw three instantaneous =
lOts. The cry of 20 don't do that'' !
nd murder, murdern came from the I
orth-West approach of the bridge. q
Inc three instantaneous shots were :
bout foot or two apart and could l
se the flashes were aIf converging to- 7
vard the spot where the cry came
'om. The three flashes came from 7
bout the southwest sideof the bridge. !
he cry seemed to be appealing for !
lercy and froze me. / Immediately E
NV two men moving abstractedly \
bout on the bridge asif they did not
now whichWay to O,and came off the
ast side of the bridge. One of the !
len then went south and out of my y
ght and the other came off on the 7
orth side Of the street, and seeing that .
e would come right by me and not y
Rnting to meet him, crossed over to !,
bout the postoffice and the man did y
le same thing about the same time !:
nd got iE hack that was standing II
lere. But before he got in I asked
le driver twice "What that shooting y
as ?'' and he would not answer me. y
e could have heard me if he had .,
orrnaI hearing. The man who came u
nd got into the buggy did not give y
e any information either. He was lt
edium sized man but / did not. y
)serve him close enough to describe u u
III further. / saw no buggy coming I
ON the bridge. If any buggy had y
me over the bridge Immediately y
ter the firing, and passed me, think y
should have seen it. / Judge it 8
Ould have been impossible for me " "
1t to have seen it. f at8 u u